--- On Tue, 9/8/09, Trystan Spangler <[email protected]> wrote:
> In another lesson before a milonga, a woman I was
> practicing with took a big breath right as the music swelled and we did a
> side step. Wow. Did you know some followers can lead a step just by when
> they exhale?
>
> So what tricks have you discovered to create connection?
Funny, usually inhaling has the opposite effect of suspending the movements. I
assume you were in close-embrace. It's a trick you can use, too. When the man
inhales and makes himself taller, it has the same effect on the woman,
essentially stretching out the knee of her standing leg so that she can't step
far. When the man exhales, her knee softens and she can step. The same thing
can occur when the roles are reversed. I suggest revisiting your memory and
break it down to smaller parts if you want to understand what happened.
As for your original query, creating suspended movements or small movements are
a great way to get her attention. Another is to dance to the sycopas and other
musical accents (freezes, etc.). Not necessarily her dancing the syncopas, but
your dancing the syncopas while she's just hitting the strong beats or even
waiting forces her to listen to your feet. It makes me smile when I feel
leaders doing that. Simply dancing to the strong beats or the QQS rhythms
merely gets one into automode.
Trini de Pittsburgh
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